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Aaron Falzon
Basketball player (b. 1996)
Aaron Michael Falzon (born May 19, 1996) is a Maltese professional basketball player for Tachikawa Dice of the B.League. He also plays on the Malta national basketball team.[1] He played college basketball for the Northwestern Wildcats and Quinnipiac Bobcats.[2][3]
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| Position | Power forward | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | (1996-05-19) May 19, 1996 (age 27) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | American / Maltese | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Listed height | 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Listed weight | 225 lb (102 kg) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| High school | Northfield Mount Hermon (Mount Hermon, Massachusetts) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Playing career | 2020–present | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2020 | Étoile Angers Basket | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2020–2021 | Leicester Riders | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2021–2022 | Traiskirchen Lions | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2022–2023 | Mulhouse Basket Agglomération | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2023 | Kagawa Five Arrows | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2023–present | Tachikawa Dice | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Falzon graduated from Northfield Mount Hermon School in 2015. As a senior, he was named NEPSAC AAA player of the year. He led NMH to a 26–9 record and averaged 17.7 points per game while grabbing 6.1 rebounds per game.[4] He also made 114 3-pointers during his senior year.
Recruiting
Falzon finished high school as a 4-star recruit and the 75th ranked player in the class of 2015 according to ESPN.[5]
| Name | Hometown | High school / college | Height | Weight | Commit date | |
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| Aaron Falzon PF |
Newton, MA | Northfield Mount Hermon (MA) | 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) | 210 lb (95 kg) | Oct 13, 2014 | |
Recruiting star ratings: Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: ESPN grade: 83 | ||||||
Northwestern
As a freshman (2015–2016) Falzon played in all 32 games and started in 29 contests. He made a total of 63 3-pointers, the second most ever by a Northwestern freshman. In his debut, Falzon scored 20 points, which is a school record by a freshman in his debut. As a sophomore (2016–2017) Falzon played in only 3 games before redshirting and having season ending knee surgery.[6]
As a redshirt sophomore (2017–2018) played in only 28 games due to injury and started in 10 of those games. He shot 37.5% from the 3-point line while averaging 5.5 points a game. Against Minnesota, Falzon scored 8 points without registering a field goal attempt as he shot 8–8 from the free throw line.
During his final year as a Wildcat (2018–19) Falzon was once again limited due to injury. He played in only 17 contests and started only 4 games. He scored a career high 21 points against Indiana after only scoring 6 points in 3 games prior to the game. He finished the season averaging 3.9 points per game.[2]
Quinnipiac
Falzon committed to Quinnipiac as a graduate transfer in the spring of 2019.[7] He scored 24 points against Monmouth.[8] He averaged 7.8 points and 2.9 rebounds per game in his only season at Quinnipiac.[9]
On September 14, 2020, Falzon signed his first professional contract with Etoile Angers Basket of the Nationale Masculine 1.[9] On December 4, 2020, Falzon signed a one-season contract with Leicester Riders of the British Basketball League (BBL).[10] He averaged 4.1 points and 2.5 rebounds per game. On August 9, 2021, Falzon signed with the Traiskirchen Lions of the Austrian Basketball Bundesliga.[11]
Falzon has represented Malta in several international tournaments. He participated in the 2021 FIBA European Championship for Small Countries and helped Malta win bronze. Falzon had a 38-point game against Gibraltar and averaged 23.0 points, 7.0 rebounds and 2.3 assists per game. He was named to the All-Star Five.[12]
| GP | Games played | GS | Games started | MPG | Minutes per game |
| FG% | Field goal percentage | 3P% | 3-point field goal percentage | FT% | Free throw percentage |
| RPG | Rebounds per game | APG | Assists per game | SPG | Steals per game |
| BPG | Blocks per game | PPG | Points per game | Bold | Career high |
College
| Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015–16 | Northwestern | 32 | 29 | 24.5 | .383 | .354 | .717 | 3.4 | .9 | .3 | .3 | 8.4 |
| 2016–17 | Northwestern | 3 | 0 | 6.7 | .000 | .000 | – | .7 | 1.0 | .0 | .3 | .0 |
| 2017–18 | Northwestern | 28 | 10 | 16.0 | .349 | .375 | .853 | 1.7 | .5 | .3 | .2 | 5.5 |
| 2018–19 | Northwestern | 17 | 4 | 15.5 | .313 | .317 | .833 | 1.6 | .6 | .4 | .3 | 3.9 |
| 2019–20 | Quinnipiac | 30 | 16 | 24.0 | .394 | .348 | .850 | 2.9 | .7 | .6 | .5 | 7.8 |
| Career | 110 | 59 | 20.3 | .370 | .349 | .792 | 2.5 | .7 | .4 | .3 | 6.6 | |
Aaron's brother is basketball player Tevin Falzon.[13]
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- "2018-19 Men's Basketball Roster". nusports.com.
- "Bobcats Add Graduate Transfer Aaron Falzon". gobobcats.com. 2019-05-20.
- "Aaron Falzon". espn.com.
- Borges, David (May 20, 2019). "Quinnipiac men add Aaron Falzon, a transfer from Northwestern" (PHP). www.nhregister.com. Retrieved 2019-09-15.
- Logue, Ethan (April 2, 2020). "Way too early look at next year's Quinnipiac winter sports". Q30TV. Retrieved April 19, 2020.
- "Falzon starts his pro career at Angers". Eurobasket. September 14, 2020. Retrieved September 14, 2020.
- "Falzon is a Rider". bbl.org.uk. December 4, 2020. Retrieved December 5, 2020.
- "Arkadia signs Aaron Falzon". Eurobasket. August 9, 2021. Retrieved August 9, 2021.
- "Guillem Colom lands the MVP award, two Ireland players amongst All-Star Five". FIBA. August 15, 2021. Retrieved August 16, 2021.
- Óskar Ófeigur Jónsson (3 January 2020). "Spilar vonandi betur á Íslandi en hann gerði á móti Íslandi". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 3 January 2020.